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lassies

noun

plural of lassie

as in girls

a female person who has not yet reached adulthood a pretty young lassie of 16 years

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The Red Sea Running Club, a team of Tavares Middle School and elementary school girls, once again beat high school teams to win the girls team title in Lake Mary’s Summertime Run preseason meet.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026
The time-hopping horror-drama follows members of a high school girls’ soccer team across two timelines.

— Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of girls

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Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.

— Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026
Hear ye, hear ye, good lords and lasses!

— Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025

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Going the distance There is a second stakes Saturday, the 1 3/8-mile, $100,000 CTT and TOC Stakes for older fillies and mares.

— Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
The Alcibiades and Jessamine are also worth watching because both are for two-year-old fillies, meaning the field is making its first serious appearance on a big stage.

— Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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